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Ligmargus terrestris

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Cryptohypnus terrestris was named by Scudder (1879). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada.

It was recombined as Ligmargus terrestris by Stibick (1981) and Kundrata et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Cryptohypnus terrestris Scudder p. 180
1890Cryptohypnus terrestris Scudder p. 497 figs. Pl 2 fig 30
1895Cryptohypnus terrestris Scudder p. 38
1900Cryptohypnus terrestris Scudder p. 96
1981Ligmargus terrestris Stibick p. 247
2021Ligmargus terrestris Kundrata et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyHypnoidinae(Schwarz 1906)
genusLigmargus
speciesterrestris()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ligmargus terrestris Scudder 1879
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Diagnosis
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